Lakes Connect at the 15th Baltic Sea Tourism Forum in Tallinn
The Baltic Sea Tourism Forum has been held annually since 2008. The aim of the forum is to support dialogue, build consensus and create a common vision meeting key challenges in the development of tourism in the Baltic Sea region. The event was coordinated and...
Partner Meeting in Pori – updates, inspiration and collective efforts
Summary The aim was not only to gain some insights in Pori’s style of city development, but also to update each other on the progress that the different teams made since the project kicked-off. On top of that, we used the chance to collectively work on...
Help Aloja Starkelsen develop an easy to use equipment and spare parts warehouse maintenance system
On October 12, the Aloja Starkelsen hackathon challenge launch webinar took place, during which the company manager Jānis Garančs presented the current operation of the CMMS system, its applications and the challenge, as a result of which it is necessary to obtain a...
Facilitating Innovation Procurement: Insights from PPI4cities Partner Meeting in Rostock
This gathering, which convened on October 10-11, was set in Rostock, the largest coastal city of East Germany, and primarily revolved around the development of the PPI4cities platform. The platform’s overarching objective is to foster connections among various...
Navigating the Path to Sustainable Energy Transition in Municipalities: Lessons from Lithuania’s Taurage District Municipality
Growing role of municipalities in sustainable energy transition In an era defined by the imperative of sustainable energy solutions, municipalities worldwide are taking on an increasingly vital role in propelling the transition towards renewable energy sources (RES)....
Climate Extremes in the Baltic: The Saulkrasti Case
Louis Celliers. Hamburg, Germany Climate change is still shrouded in mystery for many people. Scenarios, model ensembles, uncertainty, sea-level rise, slow-onset and extreme events. Those in the know (including me) use these words with ease and assume them to be a...
Discussion on sustainable agriculture attracted 20 participants in the rural municipality of Hämeenkyrö, Finland
Agriculture and a built-in will for sustainability have long roots in Hämeenkyrö as unsustainable farming is not seen profitable anymore. The discussion highlighted that currently agriculture is struggling with challenges related to profitability, carbon...
Janis Ulme from FEE Latvia explains what it is that makes him enthusiastic about the BEACH SOS project
In the picturesque coastal town of Saulkrasti, Latvia, the BEACH-SOS project recently kicked off its journey with an invigorating inception meeting. Partners from Latvia, Denmark, and Germany, Poland and United Kingdom converged in this idyllic setting to foster...